Genoa (Nev.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Beatrice Fettic Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: 84-02
Abstract
Primarily, legal documents such as deeds and probate cases; and accounts of the earliest non-indigenous settlers in Nevada, specifically the Motts, Fettics, and Brockliss'. Miscellaneous materials include report card and diploma from Mottsville schools, newspaper clippings, genealogical worksheets, Nevada centennial programs, an autograph album, and scrapbook of 19th and 20th century advertising art. Created by Beatrice Fettic Jones from 1859-1964.
Dates:
1859-1964
Mormon Station inventory of contributions
Collection
Identifier: NC701
Abstract
Inventory of furnishing donated to Mormon Station State Park, the first permanent non-Indian settlement in Nevada.
Dates:
1962
Richard Gassaway Watkins Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: NC141
Abstract
Richard Gassaway Watkins, Nevadan, captain of the Silver City Guards during the first battle of Pyramid Lake and rancher near Ft. Churchill and Walker River Valley. Collection contains letters from Watkins at Carson City, Ft. Churchill, and Genoa, Nevada to "My Dear Burnett," plus typescripts: the first describes Watkins' difficulties with federal soldiers claiming his land for Ft. Churchill and his going into debt; the second letter continues his tale of disagreement with the military,...
Dates:
1860